Venkatakrishna Kakkilaya, MD

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

venkat.kakkilaya@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-730-KIDS (5437).

Education

FellowshipLouisiana State University Medical Center (2010)
ResidencyLSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport (2007)
ResidencyVM Medical College, India (1993)
Medical SchoolKarnatak University (1990)

Research Interests

Nasap CPAP: Optimal delivery systems and weaning strategies in extremely low birth weight infants
New tools in improving informed decision making in the NICU

Publications

Use of a Visual Aid to Improve Counseling at the Threshold of Viability.

Kakkilaya V, Groome LJ, Platt D, Kurepa D, Pramanik A, Caldito G, Conrad L, Bocchini JA, Davis TC, Pediatrics, 2011 Nov;

Visual Diagnosis: Increased Abdominal Girth Following Voiding Cystourethrography

Hassan Ibrahim, Dalibor Kurepa, Guillermo Sangster, Venkat Kakkilaya, and Sameh Hussein , NeoReviews, 2010; 11:e663

Index of Suspicion in the Nursery

Venkatakrishna Kakkilaya, Guillermo Sangster, Dalibor Kurepa, Sameh Hussein, and Hassan Ibrahim , Neoreviews, 2009; 10 (4):198-200

Effect of placental transfusion on the blood volume and clinical outcome of infants born by cesarean section.

Kakkilaya V, Pramanik AK, Ibrahim H, Hussein S, Clinics in perinatology, 2008 Sep; 35 (3):561-70, xi

Honors/Awards

Abbott Nutrition Award in Research

Young Investigator Award Finalist (2010)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics

(2004)

Memeber of Royal College of Physicaians, UK

(1997-1998)